Ghostship Warehouse News Today

But our next guest says it has left her hopeless. thats ahead. plus, the manager of the ghostship warehouse, the site of that deadly fire in oakland, says hes sorry but he refuses to answer questions about people living illegally in that building.

Sheriffs department. he said that number has increased so its still less than half of the warehouse that theyve been able to search but its certainly above 25% to 20%. to have 30 bodies come out of that with still half the warehouse to search is still monumental and the workers have to be exhausted at this point. i spoke to him about the shift change. the workers who are currently still on this current shift have pulled out more than a dozen bodies themselves. not only that, theyre clearing out ...

That you went in there at some point and wanted to build your place to stay there. how would that work? youd have to pay rent but build your own place within this large shell? >> yes. thats correct. thats how a lot of these different warehouse buildings work. artists come in and they kind of build up the place themselves, kind of the beauty of the places. the big thing besides here is this place was definitely unusual just in terms of its construction and the fact it wasnt really safe. ive lived...

Wood. these are concrete. >> exactly right. being an arson investigator my whole life and bomb and arson doing that my whole life, my father being a firefighter for 33 years, i dont even go in a hotel i dont count the doors to the fire exit, i dont know where every fire exit is, i dont know how to get out -- i always do that. everybody needs to pay attention to that stuff. tragically a lot of people died here. it moved real fast. a lot of them probably died from the smoke. they probably got smok...

Top story out of oakland, california. 30 people now confirmed dead. we got that information just within the last hour. this after that massive fire ripping through a warehouse in oakland friday night. investigators will continue to carefully search through debris for several more days were hearing now. at this hour, only about 40% of the building has been searched. they have p the majority of it to go through. right now the cause of the fire is still being investigated. well get you more updates...

Joining us by phone is a former occupant of that warehouse, what is called the oakland ghostship warehouse, russell mcgowan. russell, i know theres a lot of heavy hearts, yours included, as we are getting more news just this last hour, the death count now up to 30, and more than half of the warehouse still to be looked into, to be investigated as they go forth. do you know anything about what happened that night? did you speak to any of those who wanted to attend with gathering at the ghost ship...

Dna, and that could be hairbrushes, combs, or toothbrushes. we ask that those items be placed in a secure, clean paper sack. do not send them to the coroners bureau. we will ask for them as we need them. >> nbcs steve patterson in oakland, california, where this breaking news is happening right now. this hour when you and i spoke yesterday, steve, the death toll was believed to be nine. now were at 30. only about 20% of that warehouse has been investigated. what is the reaction there will from o...